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And so if this were something that people had had strong reasons to need or use I would certainly favor doing it in a way that doesn't involve inhaling the smoke because we just know that burn biomass generates so many toxic chemicals that you know long-term there are gonna be problems

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Phil Gardiner, Founding Member and Co-Chair of the African American Tobacco Leadership Council, refers to as the tobacco industrys African Americanization of Menthol. In 1953, only 5 percent of African American smokers used menthol

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